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June 15, 2021

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Biden Putin, how they find themselves

The American president presents himself as leader of democracies, the Russian head of state plans to wrest the status of the best enemy from China: the meeting in Geneva today takes on a bit of Cold War tones

According to Maxim Soutchkov , director of the Center for American Studies at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations, the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, which comes as relations between the two countries are at an all-time low, could make it fruitful to address issues. strategic and security, without shifting the lines on insidious questions of principle and regional geopolitical balances.

Financial Times

Washington believes Moscow has ramped up attacks and infiltrations into the American democratic system, including vaccine disinformation campaigns

The New Era of Information Conflict

The homepage of Global Research, a Canadian site that bills itself as an independent research organization, is gloomy about the prospects for Western-made Covid-19 vaccines. "Covid-19 Vaccines Lead to New Infections and Mortality: The Evidence Is Overwhelming," read a headline from last May. According to the US State Department, the Montreal-based nonprofit is anything but independent. Instead, the organization is "deeply immersed in Russia's broader ecosystem of disinformation and propaganda," it said in a report published last year. In the past, the United States has tried to use the top with Russia to settle disputes over the number of nuclear warheads or to criticize the Moscow invasion of Ukraine. In Geneva, theBiden administration will focus on Russia's "malicious activities" in the cybersphere. For the United States, the disinformation operations follow a series of cyber attacks and hacking incidents that all appear to have some level of Russian involvement. US officials and experts believe this is a policy to sow discontent and distrust in American public opinion, aimed at undermining institutions and belief in democracy, at a time when fierce political polarization in the US is exposing those same cracks. Few US experts believe that Moscow can significantly backtrack in its cyber space activities. "The Russians already declared war a long time ago in the information sphere," says Fiona Hill,former head of Russian affairs on the National Security Council during the Trump administration. "They are trying to prove that they are a great cyber power - they want to create a war scenario so that they can then sit down and agree on some kind of truce."

Financial Times

The original source codes of the word wide web auctioned off, Sir Tim Berners Lee, pictured here at MIT in 2000, tries for the first time to monetize his intuition that pioneered the internet as we know it 30 years ago today.

The proceeds from the auction at Sothebys of its 'non fungible token', a form that ensures the originality of a digital creation, will be reused in research activities.

ABC

Biden arrives in Geneva to conduct his first summit with Putin

Joe Biden today has the ball in his court at the summit he will hold with Vladimir Putin in Geneva. The president of the United States has tried to change the course of relations with Russia since his arrival at the White House and it was he who proposed the summit: it is he who is asked for results, progress or a change in the dynamics between the two Powers. However, today's summit is accompanied by low expectations. It comes at a time of high tension with Moscow, perhaps the lowest point in relations between the two countries in many years: cyber attacks, interference in US elections, attacks in Ukraine, violations of fundamental rights as in the case of Alexei Navalni ... Biden's escalation of rhetoric, which this year called Putin a "killer", has also left its mark. At the same time,the possibility of reaching substantial agreements and progress with Putin on many issues is minimal. Moscow "will not let Biden give moral lessons" at the summit, according to his foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.

Wall Street Journal

The USA stops the Airbus-Boeing commercial dispute

in the photo the reopening in California of the Universal Studios theme park in Hollywood with the end of the most severe restrictions.

Threats increase, US defense yields Biden talks harshly with opponents even as he reduces the Pentagon's budget. Biden's $ 715 billion Pentagon budget for fiscal year 2022 is a 1.6% increase over last year. Adjusted for inflation, this is a cut. The Bipartisan National Defense Strategy Commission and other experts say the Pentagon needs real increases of 3% to 5% annually to deal with threats from powers like China and Russia. President Trump modestly increased defense spending, but that momentum has passed and spending is still around 3% of GDP. America is rapidly piling up debt over 100% of GDP by reducing its defenses.But nowhere is under-investment more clear than in the stormy forecast for the US Navy. With around 300 ships, the Navy will soon not have the size or capacity to compete with the fleet of more than 350 ships that China is forging. 

Fox News

Mike Pompeo: Biden-Putin meeting from cyber attacks to energy policy, the president must stand up to Russia

We in the Trump administration have created real leverage against Russia that it could have used. Instead, he chose to abandon it. In the few months in office, Biden has already shown Putin that he is shy and unprepared to face the Russian challenge, a weakness that Putin certainly feels. Biden has already begun to squander this leverage, in part by setting climate change as the top priority for national security. Biden should rather threaten ruthless cyber retaliation against Russia if government-backed cyber attacks and meddling in our democracy continue, a response that should strike the heart of the Russian security apparatus and, if necessary, the inner circle of kleptocrats. of Putin.Biden is expected to stop Nord Stream 2 by imposing sanctions on entities involved in its financing and construction, including Gazprom. The people most severely affected by the project's disruption would be the German elites corrupted by Moscow's money. 

Foreign Policy

Michael Mc Faul, former US ambassador to Moscow with Obama: how Biden should deal with Putin

vertices are good, but containment is better. The doctrine of containment of another American ambassador to Moscow, George Kennan, in the immediate postwar period. Unlike President Donald Trump, who spent four years praising and wooing Putin, Biden projected his policy on Russia as part of a broader global confrontation between democracies and dictatorships, promising democratic renewal at home and multilateral cooperation across the country. 'abroad. This is a great start. But the first real test of Biden's ability to translate political aspirations into action comes this week in Geneva, where the president meets Putin. Biden requested the meeting partly to explore possible areas of cooperation with Putin and partly to dissuade him from pursuing disruptive actions at theoverseas, whether it's hacking US servers or intruding on the affairs of Russia's neighbors. Biden may make progress on the former, but he is unlikely to reach the latter. It must therefore follow up its efforts with a firm and vigilant containment policy, regardless of what happens in Geneva.

L'Humanité

Against China and Russia.

NATO resumes service

Biden relaunches the Atlantic Alliance and sees China as a systemic threat.

Welt

Biden's visit to Brussels ends with a historic agreement

The American president has agreed with the leaders of the European institutions the truce of the long-standing Airbus Boeing trade dispute, marking a discontinuity in 

the Trump administration's tariff war.

FAZ

US and EU defuse trade conflicts

Ursula von der Layen: it's a turning point

The last flagship meeting between an American president and the EU leadership was four years ago. Relations had deteriorated noticeably under Trump: he introduced protective tariffs on steel and aluminum, constantly threatened car tariffs and called the EU "one of his country's greatest enemies". Von der Leyen recalled this when he spoke of "four difficult years" that had been behind the partners. Yesterday it became clear: even if there are progress of all kinds, as easily and quickly as many Europeans would like, not everything can be solved at once. The road that Trump's successor is taking to Brussels is the most sensible one. It sounds pathetic, but Biden is right when he says that Europe is the "natural partner"of the United States. When the West falls apart, countries like Russia and China often ultimately benefit. This also applies to the old dispute over state aid to Boeing and Airbus, defused just in time for the EU-US summit in Brussels. In other dossiers, not least that of climate protection, it will remain more difficult, because despite all the friendly words there are tangible differences of interests. It is important for the EU to clarify in principle its position in the growing American conflict with China. In the case of Xinjiang, it followed Biden's sanctions, and when it came to investments it went its own way (at German request). The much vaunted unity of the West depends not only on Washington, but also on Brussels.countries like Russia and China often benefit in the end. This also applies to the old dispute over state aid to Boeing and Airbus, defused just in time for the EU-US summit in Brussels. In other dossiers, not least that of climate protection, it will remain more difficult, because despite all the friendly words there are tangible differences of interests. It is important for the EU to clarify in principle its position in the growing American conflict with China. In the case of Xinjiang, it followed Biden's sanctions, and when it came to investments it went its own way (at German request). The much vaunted unity of the West depends not only on Washington, but also on Brussels.countries like Russia and China often benefit in the end. This also applies to the old dispute over state aid to Boeing and Airbus, defused just in time for the EU-US summit in Brussels. In other dossiers, not least that of climate protection, it will remain more difficult, because despite all the friendly words there are tangible differences of interests. It is important for the EU to clarify in principle its position in the growing American conflict with China. In the case of Xinjiang, it followed Biden's sanctions, and when it came to investments it went its own way (at German request). The much vaunted unity of the West depends not only on Washington, but also on Brussels.This also applies to the old dispute over state aid to Boeing and Airbus, defused just in time for the EU-US summit in Brussels. In other dossiers, not least that of climate protection, it will remain more difficult, because despite all the friendly words there are tangible differences of interests. It is important for the EU to clarify in principle its position in the growing American conflict with China. In the case of Xinjiang, it followed Biden's sanctions, and when it came to investments it went its own way (at German request). The much vaunted unity of the West depends not only on Washington, but also on Brussels.This also applies to the old dispute over state aid to Boeing and Airbus, defused just in time for the EU-US summit in Brussels. In other dossiers, not least that of climate protection, it will remain more difficult, because despite all the friendly words there are tangible differences of interests. It is important for the EU to clarify in principle its position in the growing American conflict with China. In the case of Xinjiang, it followed Biden's sanctions, and when it came to investments it went its own way (at German request). The much vaunted unity of the West depends not only on Washington, but also on Brussels.not least that of climate protection will remain more difficult, because despite all the friendly words there are tangible differences of interests. It is important for the EU to clarify in principle its position in the growing American conflict with China. In the case of Xinjiang, it followed Biden's sanctions, and when it came to investments it went its own way (at German request). The much vaunted unity of the West depends not only on Washington, but also on Brussels.not least that of climate protection will remain more difficult, because despite all the friendly words there are tangible differences of interests. It is important for the EU to clarify in principle its position in the growing American conflict with China. In the case of Xinjiang, it followed Biden's sanctions, and when it came to investments it went its own way (at German request). The much vaunted unity of the West depends not only on Washington, but also on Brussels.and when it came to investments it went its own way (on German request). The much vaunted unity of the West depends not only on Washington, but also on Brussels.and when it came to investments it went its own way (on German request). The much vaunted unity of the West depends not only on Washington, but also on Brussels.

Le Parisien

And in the end France wins

Bild

we hurt ourselves, Hummels own goal for Neuer.

And two goals canceled for a few centimeters to the French.

L'Equipe

As in 2018, 1-0 deserved, Varane and Pogba masters of the field, a victory built on a very solid defense

Marca

Ancelotti will refresh Real

contacts with Pintus and Cerdegna for next season.

goal: to double the physical preparation and reduce the number of injuries in the squad, 59 in the last season. Stricter controls also on nutrition.

Withdrawal from July 5th.

From the editorial staff

Vedomosti.ru

Yury Ushakov, Putin's assistant, reveals the agenda of the summit between the presidents of the USA and Russia

The Russian and US ambassadors could return to Washington and Moscow, respectively, following the summit. The meeting will undoubtedly be useful and some kind of understanding will be achieved, believes Ushakov, Putin's aide, and this will have an impact on the development of Russian-American relations, which are now "at a standstill". "During the talks, the Americans and I quickly came to a common understanding of the format and the topics to be discussed," said the presidential assistant: "The simplest thing is to agree on the topics and the composition of the delegations. it's much more complicated ". According to Ushakov, a face-to-face meeting between the presidents has not yet been planned, but this could change during the summit.The talks will be followed by separate press conferences by the Russian and US presidents.

Ushakov noted that a joint press conference could not be agreed, even though such a press conference was held after the 2018 meeting between Putin and US President Donald Trump in Helsinki, nor was there after the recent meeting. between Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the G7 summit. The summit's agenda will include all issues of interest to both sides, Ushakov said. These are the state and development prospects of bilateral relations, the major issues of strategic stability, information security and cybercrime. As regards strategic stability, the aim of this dialogue should be the joint elaboration of a new "security equation"which would take into account all factors affecting global stability, Ushakov said. Specific unresolved issues of bilateral relations will also be discussed.

According to Ushakov, these include the detention of Russian citizens at the initiative of the United States in third countries (around 60 cases since 2008), the seizure of Russian diplomatic property in the United States and the deterioration of the operating conditions of diplomatic institutions. Ukraine and Syria will be among the issues the presidents will address at the summit. Additionally, there are plans to discuss economic cooperation, climate change and the Arctic, as well as the fight against coronavirus infection. The presidents will also discuss regional issues, including the Middle East, Syria, Libya, the situation around the Iranian nuclear program, the agreement in Afghanistan and the Korean peninsula. "We already understand that the US side is likely to raise this issue [Alexei Navalny's policy]. There have already been many signs on this subject. Our president has already talked about this topic several times, "Ushakov said.

ADNradio (Chile) 

Presidential Peru, Michelle Bachelet calls for "calm to avoid clashes and social fracture" 

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, expressed concern over the climate of uncertainty that exists in Peru due to the presidential elections, where it is still unknown who will govern the next few years, but reassures Peruvian citizens. Bachelet, former president of Chile for two terms, said she was "concerned to see how what should be a celebration of democracy is becoming a hub of division, creating a growing rift in Peruvian society, with negative implications for human rights. "." I reject hate speech and discrimination in all its facets, which are unacceptable in any democratic society ", he declared." An invitation to reflection, calm and respect for democratic values, non-discrimination,as well as the defense of human rights, all essential elements for coexistence in a rich and plural society like the Peruvian one ”. 

Peru, which went to the vote on 6 June, saw three presidents alternate in government in 2020 alone. Congress will have to ratify to the head of state that candidates distance themselves by a handful of votes. The poll reveals a slight lead in the vote for Pedro Castillo, who could become the first left-wing Peruvian president in the past 20 years. If this victory is confirmed, Keiko Fujimori faces years in prison for participating in the Odebrecht case. Finally, ratification was delayed by the small margin and suspicions of fraud between the two factions.